The Secret Tibet (The Forbidden world)

(The Tibet Post International 22 November 2008)=Tibetan spiritual leaders, His Holiness the Dalai Lama warned Sunday, 23 November of the "great danger" facing the Tibetan people as he addressed leading exiles who had vowed and agreed to continued support for his political policy of seeking greater autonomy for all part of Tibet from People’s Republic of China.

"My trust in Chinese officials has become thinner and thinner," the Tibetan spiritual leader told world media after meeting nearly 600 delegates a day after they wrapped up a week-long review of the His Holiness the Dalai Lama's political policy towards Chinese leadership.

"The next twenty years, if we are not careful, if we are not prudent in our plans, there is a great danger,” His Holiness said. "It could lead to the danger of failure."

"We must try to think of innovative ways to sustain the Tibetan people," he added.

On Saturday, the gathering of representatives from the global Tibetan movement ended their meeting by backing His Holiness the Dalai Lama's "middle way" of talks with Chinese leadership seeking meaningful or greater, autonomy for all of Tibet.

The decision was a little bit disappointment to those groups includes Tibetan Youth Congress, who had favoured a major policy shift towards an unequivocal fight for full independence of Tibet.

"The majority were for a continuation of the 'middle way' policy" of compromise with Chinese leadership, said Karma Chophel, speaker of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile, (TPiE), 22 November, at the closing ceremony of the special meeting.

While the majority of representatives continue to support the policy of genuine autonomy, Deputy Speaker of Tibetan Parliament-in-Exile (TPiE) Dolma Gyari said, “We have decided that if China does not respond positively to our initiative, there is no other option left for us than to go for complete independence.”

His Holiness the Dalai Lama had called the special general meeting in Dharamshala after admitting his approach of attempting to secure concessions from China had failed to achieve a breakthrough for future of Tibet.

In a commentary published by the official Xinhua news agency, H.H the Dalai Lama's insistence that he is only seeking greater autonomy for Tibet was again flatly rejected.

"When conditions are ripe, they will seek to realize 'complete Tibet independence'," it said.

H.H the Dalai Lama, who fled Tibet in 1959 following a failed uprising against Chinese rule, had asked followers for fresh guidance after expressing frustration with the lack of progress in talks with China.

"I have to accept failure," he said on a recent visit to Japan. "Suppression (in Tibet) is increasing and I cannot pretend that everything is OK."

In March this year, protests against Chinese rule in the capital, Lhasa, erupted into a national demonstrations that spread to all other parts of Tibet.

Tibet's government-in-exile said more than 200 Tibetans were killed in the Chinese barbaric crackdown, and hundreds of Tibetans were and are facing various sentences in Tibet.

On Friday, 21 November, an editorial in the Chinese official news-paper so called "Tibet Daily" said the "so-called 'middle way' is a naked expression of Tibet independence aimed at nakedly spreading the despicable plot of opposing the tide of history."

Because of Tibet China talk like that and Beijing's repeated harsh denunciations of H.H the Dalai Lama, the Tibetan leaders creates a new path, the exile government should stop sending envoys to talks until China moves to reopen positive negotiations.

The latest round of talks failed after the Chinese rejected a detailed plan calling for protection of the Tibetan language and culture, restrictions on non-Tibetans moving into Tibet and the right of Tibetans to create an autonomous government for all parts of Tibet.

Since Communist troops swept into Tibet in 1950s, Chinese authorities have crushed any sign of Tibetan nationalist sentiment. An independence movement would be near impossible, at least in the foreseeable future, and China has long made clear it will not accept autonomy for Tibet.